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I guess it depends on what kind of developer you are. You might do easy stuff in trendy frameworks, in which case you're closer to the physicist - but only in t
by josefrichter 6y ago
I guess it depends on what kind of developer you are. You might do easy stuff in trendy frameworks, in which case you're closer to the physicist - but only in the sense that your knowledge is rendered obsolete every couple of years.
If you operate deeper, you're much closer to the English professor. The fundamentals don't really go thru revolutionary changes.
- dgs_sgd 6y agoI agree. My goal in my own career would be to operate on that deep level and be more like the English professor, but so far it’s been more like the physicist
- beagle3 6y agoThat's true, but occasionally revolutions happen. "artificial intelligence" and "machine learning" were pretty static from the early '1990s to the late '2000s - and then, all of a sudden there was an explosion which many "English professors" missed.